256. A final n

A finaln, whether of stem or of root, is less stable than any other consonant, where a weaker form is called for: thus, fromrā́janwe haverā́jāandrā́jabhis, and in compositionrāja; fromdhanín,dhanī́anddhaníbhisanddháni; from √hanwe havehatháandhatá, etc. A final radicalmis sometimes treated in the same way; thus, from √gam,gahí, gatám, gatá, gáti.